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Velux 5 Oceans - Less than one week to go - Cruising News
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Velux 5 Oceans - Less than one week to go

There is less than one week to go until the start of sprint three of the Velux 5 Oceans round the world yacht race....

Club Yachting Life Cruising Rally - for yachts over 24 metres - Cruising News
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Club Yachting Life Cruising Rally - for yachts over 24 metres

'Club Yachting Life Rally' for yachts over 24 metres is 2nd-5th June 2011 between the islands of Ibiza and Formentera....

Runaway catamaran in shipping lane melodrama - Cruising News
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Runaway catamaran in shipping lane melodrama

A runaway catamaran has led coastguard a pretty chase when it threw its owner overboard and took to the shipping lanes...

Colville departs - the Round the World chase is on + Video - Cruising News
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Colville departs - the Round the World chase is on + Video

Top French multihull sailor, Thomas Colville, has left on his round the world circumnavigation attempt, chasing Banque P...

Rolex Miami OCR 2011 - Finn medal haul for British on day six - Cruising News
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Rolex Miami OCR 2011 - Finn medal haul for British on day six

A fifth place in the medal race was just enough for Giles Scott to end the race in the same position he started it in...

French solo sailor to attempt round the world speed record - Cruising News
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French solo sailor to attempt round the world speed record

Thomas Coville left the port of Brest in trimaran Sodeb'O in a bid to break the around-the-world solo sailing record.....

Barcelona World Race - Milestone - Cruising News
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Barcelona World Race - Milestone

Barcelona World Race - By late afternoon this Saturday, five teams will have passed the Cape of Good Hope milestone....

Jules Verne Trophy - Thomas Coville crosses the line - Cruising News
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Jules Verne Trophy - Thomas Coville crosses the line

Jules Verne Trophy - Thomas Coville crossed the start line on 29 January 2011, at 11h07'28 UTC to beat Joyon's recorrd...

J class regatta announced for Newport, RI - Cruising News
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J class regatta announced for Newport, RI

The J Class yachts Velsheda, Ranger and Shamrock V will be participating in the J Class Newport Regatta...

Rolex Miami OCR 2011 - Wet sailing and spray for the wrong reasons - Cruising News
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Rolex Miami OCR 2011 - Wet sailing and spray for the wrong reasons

We are in the finals tomorrow!! It was a great day of sailing; very tricky wind conditions....

Rolex Miami OCR Day 5 for USSTAG - Cruising News
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Rolex Miami OCR Day 5 for USSTAG

Rolex Miami OCR had spectacular wind and sunny skies as the backdrop for day 5 of racing in Miami, Fla....

Sailing Renaissance GGYC Cup celebration - Cruising News
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Sailing Renaissance GGYC Cup celebration

Sailing Renaissance GGYC Cup had John Arndt and Tom Huston organize a meeting and celebration....

Blue Water Medal 2010 for Alex Whitworth - Cruising Club of America - Cruising News
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Blue Water Medal 2010 for Alex Whitworth - Cruising Club of America

2010 Blue Water Medal to Australian Alex Whitworth for circumnavigation of world via the Northwest Passage West to East...

Rolex Miami OCR 2011 - Medalists  in three Paralympic classes - Cruising News
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Rolex Miami OCR 2011 - Medalists in three Paralympic classes

The regatta, is the second of seven stops on the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Sailing World Cup circuit....

The Velux 5 Oceans in Wellington - Cruising News
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The Velux 5 Oceans in Wellington

The Velux 5 Oceans has arrived in Wellington for the start of the 5,800-nautical-mile-third leg to Punta del Este....

Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac 2011 - Race update - Cruising News
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Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac 2011 - Race update

Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac 2011 - Notice and conditions for the 2011 Race to Mackinac are now available...

Miami OCR Finn Class - Brits supreme - Cruising News
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Miami OCR Finn Class - Brits supreme

Early news was that Ben Ainslie had managed to convert his DNE from race six into an RAF and was back in the hunt....

$10 million ransom demand for South African cruising sailors - Cruising News
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$10 million ransom demand for South African cruising sailors

Somali pirates holding two South African cruising have demanded a $10 million ransom from the South African government....

Jules Verne Trophy - Getting to the South - Cruising News
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Jules Verne Trophy - Getting to the South

It was 5.56 am (Paris time) this morning when the Maxi Trimiran Banque Populaire V crossed the Equator...

New Book of the Week: The Boy Behind the Gate - Cruising News
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New Book of the Week: The Boy Behind the Gate

Larry Jacobson has written a captivating book about the six year voyage he and his partner Ken sailed around the world...

Barcelona World Race - The next big test - Cruising News
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Barcelona World Race - The next big test

Barcelona World Race - Mapfre should be the second of the fleet to pass the longitude of Cape Horn...

Stone paper - the paper that Australian sailors will love to use? - Cruising News
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Stone paper - the paper that Australian sailors will love to use?

Stone paper made from waste stone from the building industry - environmentally sound as no trees are cut in its making...

America's Cup: Team New Zealand expected to sail AC45's - Cruising News
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America's Cup: Team New Zealand expected to sail AC45's

Team New Zealand will be one of the four teams having practice sessions in the new AC45 prototype which has been sailing...

America's Cup: New Cup cat purrs 'like F1 car' - Cruising News
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America's Cup: New Cup cat purrs 'like F1 car'

Coutts yesterday admitted feeling a little prehistoric sailing the AC45 built to usher in the new era....

Velux 5 Oceans - Skippers open official race harbour in Wellington - Cruising News
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Velux 5 Oceans - Skippers open official race harbour in Wellington

Velux 5 Oceans - They might be fierce competitors on the water but the skippers enjoyed some friendly rivalry on land...

Volvo Ocean Race - Abu Dhabi Racing selects Emirati crewman - Cruising News
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Volvo Ocean Race - Abu Dhabi Racing selects Emirati crewman

UAE national, Adil Khalid, was announced today as the latest member of the Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing Team....